Hi All

Well, my vacation has been pretty cool. I had a nice time rollerblading on the boardwalk @ the beach, I had a great Thanksgiving, I got to go visit my cousin Chris, and his now-pregnant wife Chrissy, I played a nice game of tennis with my mom, and now I'm playing Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion. Nice, huh? I don't want to go back to school, but I'm no longer dreading it, because I've had a great week off. The only flaw was that I didn't get to do anything with Gabrielle (yes, Brie, I love you thiiiiiiiis much *stretches arms across room*), but that's alright, I'll see her tomorrow at dance, then on Monday at school! Oh, and Brie, if you read this, I got the coolest thing ever at Topanga Homegrown! They're like those arm things you have (the stripey ones you wore on Halloween) except make of wool and lined with a fleecy substance! They're awesome! Oh, and I only have a bit over 100 pgs. left in Jane Eyre! (And, apparently, Meg Cabot (author of the Princess Diaries books for all you unenlightened people who are totally reading this) thinks Jane Eyre was written by Jane Austen! Charlotte Bronte (I know it's supposed to have the dotted "E", but don't judge me!!) people!) Well, that's all for now, talk to ya later... :-)

Thanksgiving

I love Thanksgiving!! Turkey, mashed potatoes, yams, stuffing, &c. Plus the wonderful family togetherness. I'm still reading Jane Eyre, and it's finally getting really interesting! I mean, when is a book with a psychotic wife locked in the attic not exciting? Serioiusly! Well, I guess that's all for now... Bye!

To Gabrielle; Re: Dreams

Hey Brie, my random string of dreams went something like this: *deep breath* First I had a dream about a family (an idiotic son, much like Drake from "Drake and Josh", a father, and a mother). The family had a shared blog and lived in a world that feared a race of evil aliens that nobody had ever seen, but everyone knew existed. The son posted something on the blog that the father knew would anger the aliens, then he (the father) started having these horrid dreams (hence the dream within a dream scenario) in one of which the son turned into this horrible werewolf-esque creature.
My second dream was about you and me. We had somehow traveled forward in time (to the year 2000, and yes, I realize that's inaccurate) and had to get back. For some reason the year 2000 looked vaugely like W.O.W. and you didn't want to go home until we found this holy scarf (weird, huh?). So we went looking for the scarf in the home of this evil overlord and he caught us and then for some reason he closed all the doors and let loose a torrent of water (meant to kill us). Then we were in a shopping mall, running away from the water, then we got out of the overlord's mansion, and had to go to this place that was like a mixture between a taco bar, a jousting meet, and a sumo club (I know, I know) and this annoying kid kept throwing candycanes at me. Then somehow I was in a shower (a nice, albeit very pink, shower) and we were preparing to go back to the year 1000. Then I woke up. I know there was a ton more (especially about the father's horrible dreams) but I don't remember it, sadly. Well, that's all for now!

Yo...

I am so bored right now. So bored... Gabrielle's at her dad's... I'm here... alone. *Cry, cry* I'm happy that we're on break now, but I have nothing to do! I guess I could read (Jane Eyre, very sophisticated for the early teen years, no, lol) but I just... don't really want to. I had numerous freaky dreams last night. I won't go into detail but they involved aliens, time travel, scarves, my best friend, and dreams within dreams... well, bye.

Quick Post

I have to go to bed (early) soon, but I just wanted to give a quick re-cap on what's happened lately. First off - Brie slept over here, it was awesome. We had an awesome time and on sunday we went to the elementary school carnival and ran away from the kareoke guy (he was trying to make us sing high school musical songs!!). Then we went to dance, then she left. Today my friends/former "babysitter" visited us and we had a great time having brunch at a local restaurant and doing some browsing at a cool bird oriented store (ironically at this store they keep a cat... they also keep brids, but still) and then my piano teacher, whom I like very much came (she brought sparkley corn stickers!!), and now I'm here! Yay! Well, I'm off, talk to you later... (hahaha)

Yay...

I'm at Brie's right now so I'm unusually happy right now! Tomorrow she's sleeping at my house and we're gonna rent Blood and Chocolate so we can make fun of it (we actually read the book *audience gasps* damn it! you missed you cue!) and then possibly (hopefully) we'll watch Monty Python and the Quest for the Holy Grail (love that movie!), which is like an awesome night of movies, popcorn, and uncontrollable laughter! That should make me really happy. On a different note, I'm reading A Tree Grows in Brooklyn which is an amazingly wonderful, interesting, beautifully saddening book about a girl named Franice who lives in Williamsburg, Brooklyn (a very poor area) and her life/family past. It's really sad because her dad just died (he was so wonderful and always meant well, but he was a drunk, a dreamer, and a weak man) It's a really good book, but it's really sad, unfortunately. But I really like her Aunt Sissy who just adopted a baby without her man's permission (or knowledge). She was telling everyone she was with child when her belly was completely flat. Everyone knows the baby's not hers, but there's no other explanation so they have to accept it, it's quite amusing! Well, BYE!!

Little Better

I feel a bit better today, I have dance today with Gabrielle, yay! Ballroom dancing makes everything better :), in a couple hours... Bye!

Passionless?

I'm back in the throes of random, passing depression. Yay... Today I realized I can't count on my books to make me feel better. I also realized, though it was a while ago, that I hate Max. I hate her because she's better then me, physically, in every way. Mentally I'm superior, but still. I hate her for being everything I'm not, everything I'll never be. I hate her because if I was her, it would kill me, but most of all I hate her because if she were me, it would kill her. Why does my life have to be filled with boredom, guilt, uncertainty, self-consciousness. and unanswered questions? Why can't I be like Max, or Chloe, or Daine, or Alanna, or Claidi, or even Mia (she has Michael... oh wait, nvm, he left her to go to Japan and work on his robotic arm thingy...)!! Why must I be an average teen in a boring, well off, suburban neighborhood? I WANT TO BE OUT OF THE ORDINARY!! Sure I'm odd, but I want to be Chloe King odd, like, having awesome balance, eyesight, agility, and dexterity! I want to be able to converse with animals, or fly, or... OR SOMETHING!! Something to make me more than average! Something other than above average intelligence, or good writing skill, or being a quick reader, and all that other stuff I've got going for me. Today I totally lost my passion for everything for a few hours. I was hungry but I didn't want to eat. I was bored but I didn't want to watch TV or read or listen to music. I was depressed but I didn't want chocolate. I just wanted to sleep until the end of the world. Isn't that exciting?
What is there to my life? If I died, what would be there to commemorate me? A pair of grieving parents plus brother/best friend, and a few miscellaneous other friends from random social groups. And a cat. That's it. I've never had anything published, or done anything important, or anything!! SEE I'M JUST ORDINARY!! Completely and utterly average. *Depression depression* I hate this. It's just a depressing nothingness. Whatever, I'm gonna go. 'Night.

All this time...

For the past year or so Gabrielle has been practicing Wicca, I've been sort of ignoring it, but I'm now ready to join her. I really want to do this with her, and if it's alright with her, I'm going to talk to her about it, since I really don't know that much. I feel really guilty because I've been reading her blog and she was really upset that she had nobody to talk to about this, and I just wasn't there. I guess it's not really my fault, she could have talked to me, but still, I wish I had been there. *sigh* Bye.

Wow...

I really haven't posted in a while! I just finished Storm Thief, VERY dissatisfying! I mean that ending, whew! It wasn't that the book itself was BAD, but just that it was really... well, sort of pointless. I didn't care about any of the character except Vago and he... well, you know what happens. Even Finch was better than Rail and Moa! It's like Blood and Chocolate all over again! Well, Blood and Chocolate wasn't as pointless, but the ending still sucked! My life has been kind of interesting lately... I went Trick or Treating on wednesday (Halloween) with Gabrielle. I've been kind of... I don't know, I've been really tired, but less depressed. The only scar has been Gabrielle's contant after-school squabbles with Monique (her younger sister). I know that she thinks (and is probably right) that she's just a selfish brat that can't comprehend the fact that she needs to stop being such a... you get it. Sometimes that's how I feel, but sometimes, like today, I feel that if I could really just talk to her, that maybe she would really listen! Of course other times I have that whole horribly violent, "I want to hurt something" state of mind when I just want to beat some sense into her. I know! I know that that is HORRIBLE, to want to beat up my best friend's sister and I feel horribly guilty, but that's the way I am. Like when I told Nate that if he ever wore skinny jeans I'd beat him down with a stick... *sigh* Whatever, I'm going to go now. Bye, good night.